35 ways to help a grieving child
Portland, OR: The Dougy Center, 1999.
Learn what behaviors and reactions to expect from children at different ages, ways to create safe outlets for children to express their thoughts and feelings and how to be supportive during special events such as the memorial service, anniversaries and holidays.
After you lose someone you love: advice and insight from the diaries of three kids who've been there
Dennison, Amy -- Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2005.
Three children, a boy of 4 and twin 8 year old girls deal with their father's death. The diary entries begin with finding out their father has died, and cover the 2 years following his death.
Being with dying: cultivating compassion and fearlessness in the presence of death
Halifax, Joan -- Boston: Shambhala Publications Inc., 2008.
Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, this is a source for all those who are charged with a dying person's care, facing their own death, or wishing to explore and contemplate the transformative power of the dying process. The author's teachings affirm that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help others who are suffering to do the same.
Breaking the silence: a guide to help children with complicated grief - suicide, homicide, AIDS, violence, and abuse
Goldman, Linda -- New York: Taylor & Francis, 2001.
This book provides specific ideas and techniques to work with children in various areas of complicated grief. It presents words and methods to help initiate discussions of these delicate topics, as well as tools to help children understand and separate complicated grief into parts.
Children die too: for parents who are experiencing to death of a child
Johnson, Joy -- Omaha, NE: Centering Corporation, 2004.
This brief booklet offers comforting insights and information about the feelings that are often experienced by parents after the death of a child. It also offers advice on how to talk to siblings and ways in which they may deal with their grief.
Dealing with dying, death, and grief during adolescence
Balk, David E. -- New York: Routledge, 2014.
Using clear language, the author provides readers with information about adolescent development to form the back story to comprehend the impact of death and bereavement in an adolescent's life. It also examines interventions that assist adolescents coping with death and grief.
Dear parents: letters to bereaved parents
Omaha, NE: Centering Corporation, 2003.
This is a support group in book form. It is a collection of letters from bereaved parents to bereaved parents. Each page will tell you what other bereaved parents and siblings went through and what you can to do try and cope.
Don't despair on Thursdays! the children's grief-management book
Moser, Adolph J. -- Kansas City, MS: Landmark Editions, 1996.
A guide for children on dealing with feelings of grief when people or pets die or when friends move away.
Easing the hurt: a handbook of comfort for families and friends of people who are seriously ill
Latimer, Elizabeth J. -- Hamilton, ON: E. Latimer, 1998.
This book provides suggestions on how to help those who are dealing with serious illness in a loved one or themselves. It is a combination of thought, ideas, suggestions and reflections.
Grandma's tears: comfort for grieving grandparents
Kolf, June Cerza -- Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1995.
Grandparents are often overlooked when a grandchild dies, yet they carry a double burden - the loss of their grandchild and the sorrow of their own grieving children. Author Kolf offers support and hope in brief chapters that do not overwhelm the bereaved.
The grief recovery handbook: the action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses
James, John W. -- New York: HarperPerennial, 1998.
This resource helps people complete the grieving process and move toward recovery and happiness. It illustrates how it is possible to recover from grief and regain energy and spontaneity.
A guide for fathers: when a baby dies
Nelson, Timoth -- St. Paul, MN: A Place to Remember, 2004.
This book offers suggestions for communicating with medical caregivers, offering support to their partner, telling the news to other children, making funeral arrangements and taking care of themselves in a time of crisis. It discusses effective communications during the weeks and months following the loss, going to a support group, returning to the workplace, and the issues surrounding a subsequent pregnancy.
Guiding your child through grief
Emswiler, Mary Ann -- New York: Bantam Books, 2000.
This caring and compassionate guide offers expert advice during difficult days to help a child grieve the death of a parent or sibling. Based on their experience as counselors and as parents of grieving children, the authors help readers to understand the many ways children grieve, changes in family dynamics after death, ways to communicate with children about death and grief, how to cope with the intense sorrow triggered by holidays, the signs grief has turned to depression and where to find help.
Healing your grieving heart for kids: 100 practical ideas
Wolfelt, Alan D. -- Fort Collins, CO: Companion Press, 2001.
This book helps children deal with the grief they are feeling after the death of a loved one. It helps them to mourn so that they eventually feel better.
The heart and the bottle
Jeffers, Oliver. -- London UK: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2010.
In this story, the author deals with the weighty themes of love and loss with an lightness of touch and shows us, ultimately, that there is always hope.
Helping teens cope with death
Portland, OR: The Dougy Center, 1999.
This practical guide covers the unique grief responses of teenagers and the specific challenges they face when grieving a death. You will learn how death impacts teenagers and ways that you can help them.
Howard B. Wigglebottom listens to a friend: a fable about loss and healing
Binkow, Howard. -- Thunderbolt Publishing, 2015.
Howard's friend Kiki's pet dies, and Howard and his friends must learn how to help her cope.
Ida, always
Levis, Caron; Santoso, Charles (ill). -- New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016.
A story of two best friends inspired by a real bear friendship and a gentle reminder that loved ones lost will stay in our hearts, always. For ages 4-8
Joy at the end of the rainbow: a guide to pregnancy after a loss
Amanda Ross-White, 2018.
Written by a mother who has had both stillborn twins and two successful rainbow pregnancies, with guidance from the latest research on pregnancy after a loss, this guide will help you manage your anxiety as you anticipate the arrival of your rainbow child.
Keys to helping children deal with death and grief
Johnson, Joy -- Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1999.
An experienced bereavement specialist tells parents how to explain the concept of death in ways that will be understandable to children. She helps parents anticipate children's responses and needs, shows how to cope with funeral rites in meaningful ways, and points out the importance of incorporating the loss into a positive sense of personal memories.
Parenting with wit and wisdom in times of chaos and loss
Coloroso, Barbara -- Toronto: Viking, 1999.
Author Barbara Coloroso tackles the question of how to parent when life is not smooth, when tragedy or trauma invades daily life, whether it's a small crisis or a major disaster. Barbara looks at how we as parents can best comfort and nurture our children, and ourselves, as we navigate through the inevitable suffering, adversity, chaos, and losses in our lives.
Samantha Jane's missing smile: a story about coping with the loss of a parent
Kaplow, Julie -- Washington, DC: Magination Press, 2007.
With the help of her mother and her neighbor Mrs. Cooper, Samantha Jane is able to talk about how sad she is since her father died and to find ways to remember him, and then she begins to feel better. Appropriate for Ages: 4 - 8 years.
Saying goodbye to Daddy
Vigna, Judith -- Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co. 1991.
After Clare's father is killed in a car accident, she becomes frightened, lonely, and angry. Clare's mother and grandfather help her through the grieving process. Appropriate for Ages: 4-8 years
Shelter from the storm: caring for a child with a life-threatening condition
Hilden, Joanne M. -- Cambridge MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003.
Provides support for parents coping with the psychological and spiritual hardships of caring for a child with a life-threatening illness.
What about the kids? understanding their needs in funeral planning and services
Dougy Center for Grieving Children -- Portland, OR: The Dougy Center For Grieving Children, 1999.
This book addresses the best practices for funeral and memorial services with children and teens. Learn how to include children in these rituals and creative ways to involve them in the process. You will find suggestions from children and teens about what was helpful and unhelpful about the funeral or memorial service they attended.
What is Death
Boritzer, Etan -- Los Angeles, CA: St. Veronica Lane Books, 2000.
The author presents the concept of death to children with examples of customs and beliefs from various religions and cultures. Appropriate for Ages: 4-11 years
What's Heaven?
Shriver, Maria -- New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
A girl asks her mother questions about heaven after her great-grandmother passes away. Appropriate for Ages: 4-8 years
When a family pet dies: a guide to dealing with children's loss
Tuzeo-Jarolmen, Joann -- London: Jessica Kingsley, 2007.
Addresses the signs of grieving children, their relationships with their pets, and how caring adults can be helpful. Provides practical interventions in helping the child's grief process.
When children grieve: for adults to help children deal with death, divorce, pet loss, moving, and other losses
James, John W. -- New York, Quill, 2002.
There are many life experiences that can produce feelings of grief in a child, from the death of a relative or a divorce in the family to more everyday experiences such as moving to a new neighborhood or losing a prized possession. No matter the reason or degree of severity, if a child you love is grieving, the guidelines examined in this thoughtful book can make a difference.
When dinosaurs die: a guide to understanding death
Brown, Laurie Krasny -- Boston: Little, Brown, 1996.
Explains in simple language the feelings people may have regarding the death of a loved one and the ways to honor the memory of someone who has died.